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Democracy in Crisis: What Next? Populism or Woke Capitalism?
With inflation up, growth down, and 80% of Britons unsatisfied with the political system, Matthew Gwyther explores a catastrophic loss of faith in our economic system
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Hundreds of Police Stations Have Shut Under the Conservatives – at a Cost of Rising Crime
Two thirds of police stations in England have closed since 2010. A new study digs into the dire consequences, Josiah Mortimer reports
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Blood and Gold: How the Sudanese are Dying for Putin’s War in Ukraine
Brian Latham reveals the role of Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin in the violence in Sudan
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The Brexit Disaster: A Tale of Five Prime Ministers
As the final rites are played out, Chris Painter assesses the procession of Conservative Premierships since 2010 and their failure to articulate any coherent political project
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Everything to Declare: The Conflicts of Interest Rishi Sunak Won’t Talk About
Despite promising a new era of ‘accountability’ and integrity, Sunak has failed to fully declare his extensive personal and familial financial interests, reports Adam Bienkov
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Britain Warns ‘Desperate’ and Isolated Boat Migrants Over Self-Harm and Hunger Strikes
While the focus is on UK Government policy to deport migrants to Rwanda, Simon Israel reports on the plight of asylum seeks marooned on the British Indian Overseas Territory of Diego Garcia
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Rishi Sunak Could Be in More Trouble as Maths Announcement May Have Broken Election Rules
The guidance says ministers must take ‘care’ and avoid announcing decisions that could influence elections – such as England’s local elections in just two weeks
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The Upside Down: Homo Loquens – Why We Learned to Talk
It’s not hard to see how the evolution of cooperation and the evolution of language are mutually reinforcing, writes John Mitchinson
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Overdue Impartiality: GB News and the Voice of the Octopus
With mounting Ofcom complaints, Julian Petley looks at the ‘person’ behind the controversial new broadcaster and its biases toward climate change
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Three MPs Investigating Phone Hacking Hacked During Their Investigation: ‘An Organised Attack on the Democratic Process’
Former Labour MP Paul Farrelly explains the circumstances surrounding a new legal investigation into whether members of Parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), looking into phone-hacking and press criminality, were systematically hacked by Murdoch empire
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Murdoch Under Oath – How the $1.6bn Dominion Court Case Isn’t Mogul’s Biggest Legal Problem
Murdoch has his best suit at the dry cleaners for yet another walk up the aisle next week… to the Witness Box. Dan Evans reports on his long history of brushes with the law
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Fortress Europe and the Suppression of Climate Migration
Europe has helped to create the conditions for ecological breakdown but is accepting fewer and fewer victims of it through migration says Thomas Perrett
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MPs Urged to Ditch Ties to Parliamentary Lobby Group Run by ‘Climate Denialist’
A controversial parliamentary group that successfully opposes fuel price rises and tough climate action is backed by a campaigner who denies that humans are causing climate change, Josiah Mortimer reveals
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Northern Ireland’s Mental Health Crisis 25 Years On from the Good Friday Agreement
Tommy Greene reports on the ongoing impact of the Troubles on communities in the era after the peace process
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Biden in Northern Ireland: ‘Landmark Moment Reduced to No More than a Photo-Op by Downing Street’
The limited nature of the US President’s Northern Ireland visit stands in stark contrast to the scenes on the other side of the border, writes Emma DeSouza
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Kremlin Welcomed Evgeny Lebedev Peerage
Sam Bright reveals how the Russian Ambassador to the UK claimed the owner of the Independent and Evening Standard had “much contributed to strengthening Russian-British relations”
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‘When COVID Said My Name’
Penny Pepper shares her thoughts on finally catching the virus as a Clinically Extremely Vulnerable disabled person
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Government ‘Must Defy’ Developers’ Calls to Drop Vital Leasehold Overhauls
Housing secretary Michael Gove is facing pressure to abandon popular plans to reform England and Wales’ feudal leasehold system, Josiah Mortimer reports
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Junior Doctors Striking Against an NHS ‘On Fire’: ‘Signing Up to a Life of Pain and Misery’
Effie Webb talks to past and prospective junior doctors who describe a crumbling healthcare system and the demise of what was once a prestigious career
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Ochakiv and the Battle for the Kinburn Spit
Zarina Zabrisky reports from Ochakiv on the Black Sea coast, one of Ukraine’s most dangerous and underreported hotspots after almost a year of full-scale Russian aggression
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‘Braverman Wants to Wage a ‘Culture War’ than a War Against Serious Criminality – It is Highly Dangerous for Potential Victims of Sexual Abuse’
The former Chief Prosecutor who brought the Rochdale ‘grooming gang’ to justice believes the Home Secretary’s rhetoric will have real life consequences
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Climate-Sceptic MP ‘Failed to Declare’ Ties to Controversial Net Zero Watch
Two of Craig Mackinlay’s staffers have had close ties to the Global Warming Policy Forum (now Net Zero Watch) and its wholly-owned charitable wing report Josiah Mortimer and Max Colbert
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Former President Proves Russia is Pursuing Modern-Day Fascism
The claims of Dmitry Medvedev denying the existence of Ukraine remove all doubt about the Kremlin’s genocidal thinking. But what of its totalitarian methods?
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The Lies that Bind: Post-Truth on Trial
Putin, Trump and Johnson all face legal jeopardy. The charges reveal as much about us as them says Simon Speakman Cordall
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‘Cover up’ Allegations as Most NHS Trusts Say No Staff Died of Covid on Their Watch
EXCLUSIVE: “Conspiracy of silence” among NHS Trusts means most NHS employers recorded not a SINGLE Covid death among their workers during the first two waves
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Brexit Border Delays Expose the Lie at the Heart of Vote Leave
Boris Johnson’s promise that Brexit would make Britain an “outward-looking” prosperous nation is now exposed as the lie it always was, reports Adam Bienkov
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Why Teacher Walkouts Aren’t Just About Pay
A striking teacher talks to Josiah Mortimer about what the pay crisis looks like on the ground in a Cornish secondary school
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‘Sunak’s ‘Green Day’ Confirms His Broken Climate Promises’
Rishi Sunak’s new list of green announcements merely shows how far the UK has fallen behind other nations on reaching Net Zero, reports Thomas Perrett
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‘Voter Suppression’: Huge Numbers Set to Lose Vote as Only 2.5% Of ‘Missing Millions’ Apply for Voter ID
Just 50,000 out of an estimated two million voters without ID have applied for the new ‘free’ voter identification certificate ahead of England’s local elections
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Suella Braverman to Address Radical ‘National Conservatism’ Event With Ties to US Right
The Home Secretary is a keynote speaker at the conference, which has previously hosted Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orban, reports Karam Bales
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Young Women and the Cost of Living Crisis
Research shows rising finances are really impacting this group, but what support is available?
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Disrupting Grand National is ‘Just the Start’, Says Animal Rebellion
The direct action group plans to ‘liberate’ animals in slaughterhouses and farms over the summer – and halt horse-racing events, Josiah Mortimer reports
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‘Palm Oil is Great Product’: The New Post-Brexit Trade Deal Scandal
Rachel Donald looks at how the Trade Minister’s justification for a zero-tariff trade deal with Malaysia only accelerates global deforestation
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The Starmer Audit: Three Years On, has the Labour Leader Kept his Pledges?
On the three-year anniversary of Keir Starmer becoming Labour Leader, Adam Bienkov analyses whether he has kept to his word or broken it
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Suella Braverman’s Race-Based Approach to Evidence Making
The Home Secretary’s comments about British Pakistanis and grooming gangs are contradicted by evidence uncovered by her own Department, reports Adam Bienkov
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‘It is Not Who We Are’: Government Hostility Towards Asylum Seekers Misreads Public Opinion
As the Government fans the flames of anti-immigration rhetoric, Dorothy Stein looks at the data that suggests the public is unimpressed
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The Game is Finally Up for Europe’s Longest Serving Autocrat
Ever since it emerged out of the collapse of Yugoslavia, Milo Djukanovic has been in power in Montenegro. Nikola Mikovic explores the end of an era and what it means for the future
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Iraqi Kurdistan: ‘A Country Living On Roller Skates’
Hugh Pope finds out why Iraqi Kurds who have migrated to Europe are on their way back to their unpredictable home country
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REVEALED: Leaked Memos Lay Bare Sunak’s War with Johnson over PM Gongs
Correspondence seen by Byline Times reveals all manner of advisors, relatives, friends and animals being lined up for honours by the former Prime Minister
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Watchdog ‘Examining’ BBC Chairman’s Charity over Donations to Right-Wing Political Groups
Richard Sharp pumped money into a group that funds causes like the TaxPayers’ Alliance, Eurosceptics and the BBC-bashing News-Watch. Now the Charity Commission is “engaging” with his foundation
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UK’s Brexit Trade Deal with Malaysia has Potential to Flood Market with Dirty Palm Oil
In a weakened position due to Brexit, the UK has accepted Malaysia’s demands to reduce import tariffs on palm oil from the current 12% to 0%
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Press and Police Corruption: Mail Hearing Reveals More Connections between Murders of Daniel Morgan and Stephen Lawrence
Witness statements on behalf of the claimants against Associated News plunge us straight back into what Gordon Brown once described as the ‘criminal media nexus’
